This essay reviews ethical aspects of computer and information security and privacy. After an introduction of ethical approaches to information technology , the focus is first on ethical aspects of computer security. These include the moral importance of computer security, the relation between computer security and national security, the morality of hacking and computer crime, the nature of cyb...

Curriculum development in masters of public health programs that effectively meets the complex ethical challenges of the 21st century is an important part of public health education and requires ethical reasoning and purposively thinking. Current master programs in Public Health do not regularly include modules in public health ethics. The aim of this paper is to present background and theoreti...

In most cases, we think that what settles what act it is right to perform is sensitive to what we take the facts about the world to be. But those facts include many controversial metaphysical claims about the world. I argue that depending on what metaphysical model we take to be correct, we will have very different views about what the right actions are. In particular, I argue that if a particu...

There is a concerted effort to improve online learning in higher education, including in the domain of engineering ethics. The benefits of online learning include ease in sharing course content, flexibility in the timing of participation, and increased variation in delivery modes for course material. However, the relative effect of online and hybrid participation in terms of developing students...

this paper aimed to identify and explain ethical components of agri-business based on perception cluster analysis of agri-business’ managers and owners. mixed method approach was employed. target population contains all the entrepreneurs, owners and mangers of agri-business in golestan province. in first phase, using qualitative semi-structured interview, the respondents’ perception about ethic...

BACKGROUND Many commentators call for a more ethical approach to planning for influenza pandemics. In the developed world, some pandemic preparedness plans have already been examined from an ethical viewpoint. This paper assesses the attention given to ethics issues by the Ghana National Integrated Strategic Plan for Pandemic Influenza (NISPPI). METHODS We critically analyzed the Ghana NISPPI...

The articles in this issue of the Bulletin describe some of the challenges posed by notions of intellectual property in areas as diverse as genetic testing, genomic epidemiology, pharmaceuticals and vaccines. The constructive practical solut tions suggested include royalty clearing houses, comprehensive research colt laboration policies, and modified DNA patenting regimes. All of the articles a...

An effective ethical-legal framework for the conduct of research is critical. We describe five essential components of such a system, review the extent to which these components have been realised in South Africa, present brief implications for the ethical conduct of clinical trials of HIV vaccines in South Africa and make recommendations. The components of an effective ethical-legal system tha...